Responsible Fishing Practices for Sustainable Fisheries

Resources

COFI document
2018 - FAO
This report describes a pilot project to test means and methods of marking gillnets in accordance with FAO’s Draft Guidelines on the Marking of Fishing Gear (‘the Draft Guidelines’) and to explore the scope for a retrieval and recycling scheme.The...
COFI document
2018 - FAO
Addressing environmental impacts associated with fishing operations in capture fisheries has been a priority topic area on the agenda of FAO’s Committee on Fisheries (COFI) for many years. Thus, issues such as bycatch and discards, abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded...
COFI document
2018 - FAO
This document provides information on FAO’s current work in addressing issues of bycatch and discards, as they relate to fisheries management, fishing operations and practices, and sustainable livelihoods, in support of the International Guidelines on Managing Bycatch and Reduction of...
COFI document
2018 - FAO
A Committee of Fisheries (COFI) document reporting on three expert workshops, held between 2014 and 2017, to objectively assess the impact of bottom trawls on a global scale and to develop trawling best practices in support of the Code of...
Media resources
2018 - FAO
Abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG), as it is known officially, is being recognized as a topic that we must tackle now for the sake of our marine environment and the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on...